Potential changes to flexible working legislation

At the beginning of December 2022 the Department for Business, Education and Industrial Strategy published its response to its 2021 consultation on flexible working. The media headlines gave the impression that employees will have the right to work from home from day one of their employment however, this is not the case. The initial consultation…

Hybrid Working

A recent BBC poll indicated that 70% of the people polled believed that workers would not return to the office full time after the coronavirus pandemic. The majority of workers said that they would prefer to work from home either full-time or at least some of the time. “Hybrid Working” where employees split their working…

Coronavirus Update for Employers – April 2021

A. Updates and reminders regarding the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) The Government extended the CJRS as part of the Spring Budget. New guidance has now been issued by the Government in respect of the extended CJRS for the period 1 May to 30 September 2021.  Furthermore, a new Treasury Direction to cover this period…

TW Coronavirus Update – 23 December 2020

On 20 December 2020, a fourth tier of COVID-19 restrictions (Tier 4: Stay at Home) came into effect in England.  London and much of the South East of England have been placed into Tier 4.   It is expected that other areas of England will become subject to Tier 4 restrictions in the New Year. For…

Taylor Walton Coronavirus Update 11 November 2020 – Further Guidance on the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been published – Updated 17 November 2020

As promised, the Government issued further guidance on the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) on 10 November 2020.  Our previous note on the extended CJRS can be viewed here. On 13 November 2020, the Government updated some aspects of the guidance and also issued a new Treasury Direction which sets out the legal framework of…

Taylor Walton Coronavirus Update – 10 November 2020

Lockdown Regulations The Government has introduced a set of new Regulations (The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020) for England to deal with the second lockdown from 5 November until 2 December in order to provide clarity as to what activity is allowed and not allowed during lockdown. As part of the…

Taylor Walton Coronavirus Update – Furlough Scheme extended again until 31 March 2021

Following the announcement last weekend that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”) would be extended until December (full details of which can be viewed here), further announcements yesterday confirmed that there will now be a further extension until 31 March 2021.  This applies across the UK. Other business support measures have also been announced or…

Taylor Walton Coronavirus Update – November 2020

1. Extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“furlough”) As you will be aware, over the weekend, the Prime Minister announced a second national lockdown which will commence on Thursday 5 November 2020 and is expected to last until 2 December 2020. This means that many businesses will be forced to close.  Other businesses may experience…

Taylor Walton Coronavirus Update – October 2020

Taylor Walton Coronavirus Update October 2020 – New Guidance issued on the Job Support Scheme for open and closed businesses On 22 October 2020, the Government announced changes to the new Job Support Scheme for open businesses (JSS – open) and it also issued new guidance on the JSS- open and the Job Support Scheme…